The sweet revenge of Robben

The intriguing semifinal of Champions League that brought us the match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich had, like every match in height, its protagonists. The chronic stress to hit upon the immense work of Schweinsteiger, Kroos the pervasiveness of the young or the double hit of the porters in the shootout. All components contributed their bit for better or for worse, but there was one who felt the Bavarian pass as a great little personal revenge.

It is not Jupp Heynckes, who may well be . The German coach, somehow, it was Chamartín with the homework done: the seventh European Cup white. More insipidus was the march of Arjen Robben three years ago: Florentino Perez left because I needed to cash after investments in Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Benzema. It was very reluctantly, because he wanted to stay . He went through the back door, from one day to another. Saying goodbye to the small mouth.

The Dutchman, who at the Bernabeu did not meet expectations among other things for his many injuries , headed to the Bavarian capital payment of 25 million, ten less than it had cost Ramón Calderón of his three campaign promises - Cesc and Kaka were the other two-, and now with Bayern had the opportunity to play at the Coliseum blank Champions League final two years ago against Inter of Mourinho, the same who gave the nod to his departure from Chelsea .

In that confrontation Robben ran over and over again with the wall built by the Italian, who ended up lifting the European throne imposing two-nil . After that trip to the Dutch awaited a final . This time there in the stadium where he played two seasons, but in South Africa and Holland. It was to Spain in the last obstacle to glory. When the score was 0-0, Iker Casillas stopped him heads-up that could have earned a World Cup.

Fortunately for the future of the Red, that Robben error / success of Casillas turned to leave the doors of success to the extreme left-handed. But fate decreed that the goalkeeper will be reunited with his victim two years later on the same stage where people lamented the constant comings and goings of the stylus to the infirmary and coincidentally, the same team with the coach who once gave him and who later left him without the possibility of lifting his first Champions.

Last night at the Bernabeu, he showed he can be just as decisive Christian, the player who closed the doors to its continuity in Madrid. His penalty goal worth the same as the two of Luso. He tied a playoff that whites had where they wanted and celebrated his goal with rage . Strangely, not launch any of the maximum penalties in the final lottery. It did not. Schweinsteiger did not miss the crucial and this time it was he who said goodbye to Madrid. Without penalty, and through the front door.

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